Carlisle, John N., was born August 24, 1866, and is a son of William S. Carlisle. He was educated in the Watertown
High School and began the study of law in the office of Hon. Henry Purcell, September 1, 1885, where he was a student
until admitted to the bar February 15, 1889. He was city attorney in 1891 and 1892, and is a member of the Democratic
State Committee and has been chairman of the Democratic County Committee seven years. He is a member of the Union
Club and Jeffersonian Club, and was married in January, 1894, to Carrie C. Brown, daughter of Edmund Brown of Pulaski,
and they have one daughter, Catherine C. Carlisle. He is now a member of the law firm of Brown, Carlisle &
Hugo, the senior member of which, Hon. Elon R. Brown, is now State senator for his district.

FROM:
Our County and it's people
A descriptive work on Jefferson County, New York
Edited by: Edgar C. Emerson
The Boston History Co., Publishers 1898